need for change
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The United States is in Need for CHANGE in
EDUCATION
Why Change?
What are other countries doing?
Rapidly expanded their educational systems over the last 50 years
Since 1970s, the education system has declined in U.S.
Our high school graduation rates are lower today than they ever before
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Europeans and Asians
Nationally at
a Glance
Source: Examiner.com
China/South Korea vs. United States
China/South Korea schools graduating engineers in record numbers
America's U.S. engineering graduates declined by 20 percent between 1985 and 2000
Source: Epoch Times Toronto Staff
Less than 40% of U.S. students take a science course
more rigorous than general biology
18% of U.S. students take advanced classes in physics, chemistry or biology
Only 45% of U.S. students take math coursework beyond two years of algebra and one year of geometry
50% of all college freshmen require remedial coursework
Two Million Minutes a Division of Broken Pencil Productions
In 9 more seconds…
Every nine seconds in America a student becomes a drop out.
Whatever It Takes: 12 Communities Reconnecting Out-of-Youth Schools
Why Drop Out? 47% said classes were not interesting
43% missed too many days to catch up
45% entered high school poorly prepared by their earlier schooling
69% said they were not motivated to work hard
35% said they were falling
Copyright article 2006 Barbara Pytel. All Rights Reserved.
“If I Drop Out…” unemployed
in prison
living in poverty
receiving government assistance
less healthy
divorced
single parents
Copyright article 2006 Barbara Pytel. All Rights Reserved.
……in the United States
•Only 2/3 of all students who enter 9th grade graduate with a regular high school diploma four years later
•Drop outs cost our nation $260 billion dollars
Whatever It Takes: 12 Communities Reconnecting Out-of-Youth Schools
a bachelor's degree earns an average of $51,554
a high school diploma earns $28,645
a high school dropout earns $19,169
POVERTYWhat does the research
say? In 2007, 18% of all children
ages 0–17 lived in poverty, an increase from 17 percent in 2006.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Poverty by Race
Poverty Rate
Millions in Poverty
Hispanic 21.5% 9.9 million
African Americans
24.5% 9.2 million
White (non-Hispanic)
8.2% 16.0 million
Asian Americans 10.2% 1.3 million
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007
According to Balfanz (2006)
• It is often possible to identify as early as sixth grade up to half of the students who lack effective interventions and who will not graduate
• By the time students enter the ninth grade, you can identify about 80% of that population who lack effective interventions and who will not graduate
Source: Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC)
“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.”
-President Obama
That Means… Students need more
motivation Students need teachers who
care
Put your self in the students’ shoe!
Teachers are the single most important resource to a child’s learning.
-President Obama
Here’s what we can look forward to
“reform America’s public schools to deliver a 21st Century education that will prepare all children for success in the new global workplace.”
-President Obama
TEACHERS
Get ready!
Get set!
Let’s create life-long learners with long-term goals
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